Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.79

3.79 .         Requirements as to formwork

                A person who, at a workplace is an employer, the main contractor or a self‑employed person must ensure that formwork is not constructed or used at the workplace unless the formwork is so designed, erected, supported, braced and maintained that it supports safely all vertical or lateral loads and withstands any force that may be applied to the loads until the loads are supported by a concrete structure.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 3.79 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]